Saturday, March 6, 2010

I remember when Claire Danes was kinda-sorta counter-culture

Every time I see a (recent) picture of Claire Danes I feel annoyed. Her get-up always screams "insecure and trying too hard!" It's like one day she got tired of being the flat-chested girl and decided to dye her hair blonde and look as conventional as possible.

Her career choices have been really disappointing as well. She leaves me no choice but to conclude that My So-Called Life, one of the best shows ever, was a total fluke.

This has always been my favorite picture of Claire, with a short red bob and her blue sweater and skirt outfit:http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl1/4/49504/16_2008/cl.xlarger.jpgIt seems very her. But I know what you mean about the post-So-Called-Life disappointment.At least she worked on an independent HBO film - that "Temple Grandin" thing. It seems kind of strange and good.

Heh, it's important to shed light on important issues like this on one's blog. I enjoyed it. I used to like Claire Danes but now just try to pretend that she doesn't exist. Which is hard when there are pictures of her everywhere, all sparkly.

But I *am* curious about 'Temple Grandin.'

Similarly with Scarlett Johansson; knew it was all downhill after Ghost World when I saw her slinking about and pouting sexily, and not doing much else, in Match Point. (But whatever happened to Thora Birch?)